English Teacher

Permanent, Full Time

Location: Torquay Academy (Torquay, Devon)

Salary: MPS/UPS/TLR depending on experience

We have a position for a Teacher of English to join us from September 2023. We welcome applications from teachers at all stages of their career. 

Torquay Academy’s results have improved dramatically over the past few years thanks to our brilliant teachers. We know that the results can improve further and we are looking for people who are committed, passionate and highly motivated to join our team. 

We believe in effective discipline and support teachers with a strong pastoral team and centralised behaviour systems. We work hard to reduce unnecessary workload so that our teachers can focus on teaching great lessons. We invest in the professional development of all of our staff through 1-to-1 coaching, leadership development and high-quality CPD. We know that a world class school can only be built by having the very best teachers and you will be working with colleagues who share a passion for teaching. If you join us you will be signing up to the belief that “everyone succeeds” and that “every student who joins Torquay Academy is capable of going on to university”. It is important you share our goals and values.

We are looking for an exceptional teacher and subject specialist to join our fantastic English department at Torquay Academy. 

Our English department has proven itself to be one of the most effective and successful comprehensive departments in the South West.

Alongside the strength of our classroom practitioners, underpinning these successful results is a well developed academic curriculum which our teachers are highly invested in and are passionate about delivering. A collaborative approach to centralised planning has meant that our teachers have the best of both worlds - the ability to shape and develop a curriculum they believe in and outstanding resources they can shape to suit their individual classes. We believe that all children, regardless of background and past school experience, are capable of understanding and learning the top-grade concepts, ideas, and theories needed to transform them into capable and knowledgeable critics and readers. 

In our department, you will be supported in your development both as a teacher and as a subject specialist. You will be responsible for the expert delivery of a carefully sequenced and constructed curriculum and, because resources are centrally produced, given the time and space to become a master of your craft and your subject.

We believe students of all backgrounds achieve most highly when the knowledge and concepts required to succeed are made explicit to them, and revisited throughout their journey across the key stages. We believe that strong and well structured modelling of analysis and critical vocabulary enables independence and have been excited by the number of students who choose to go on to study our subjects at A Level and beyond. If you would like to work in a department which transforms the life chances of the children of Torbay, and would be equally committed to this end, then we would love to hear from you.

Torquay Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Informal visits are welcome and encouraged, please email admin@tqacademy.co.uk

To find out more about working with us and to apply please visit tqacademy.co.uk/recruitment

Please apply by midday on the closing date.

Interview Date: To be confirmed.

Closing Date: 30th January 2023.